arsenokoitai

Lemma: ἀρσενοκοίτης

noun (masculine, 1st declension) noun (masculine, 1st declension)

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Definition

A man who has sexual intercourse with males; a male homosexual partner (often with a pejorative or condemnatory sense in later Greek, especially Christian usage).

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Grammatical Analysis

"arsenokoitai"

Case: nominative

Number: plural

Gender: masculine

Declension: 1st declension (alpha-stem masculine in -ης; plural nominative ending -αι)

Note: Form corresponds to ἀρσενοκοῖται (nom. pl.) in Greek script.

Related Forms of ἀρσενοκοίτης

2 forms discovered

Other inflected forms of this word that have been analyzed:

ἀρσενοκοῖται nominative, plural, masculine Arsenokoitai nominative, plural, masculine

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